Message Notes

SSS 4 9 November 2025
Text: Revelation 20

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:1-6

A MIGHTY ANGEL OF GOD

1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;

3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

Revelation 20:1-3

1. He held a key and a great chain

a) The key to the bottomless pit

b) A great chain

2. He arrested Satan the Devil

a) The dragon

b) The serpent of old

3. The sentencing of Satan

a) He was cast into the bottomless pit

b) He would be bound for 1000 years

c) He would not be allowed to deceive for that millennium

d) He would then be released for a short while

REIGNING WITH THE LORD

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Revelation 20:4-6

1. Thrones in heaven

a) There were people appointed to sit on them

b) They were given authority to judge

2. The souls of the martyrs of the Lord

a) They were witnesses of the Lord

b) They stood for the word of God

c) They had not worshipped the beast

d) They did not receive the mark of the beast

e) They lived and reigned with the Lord for the Millennium

3. The first Resurrection

a) A reference to those who were raised by the Lord

b) Those who were not saved remain dead

c) They would be resurrected to receive judgment from God

d) Blessed indeed are those who believe

i) They will not be resurrected only to be sentenced to death
(This is known as the “second death”)

ii) They shall be priests of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ

iii) They will reign with Him during the Millennium